Display apparatus having heat dissipating structure for driver integrated circuit

Abstract

A display apparatus having a heat dissipating structure for a driver integrated circuit is provided. The display apparatus may be a plasma display apparatus including a chassis base, a plasma display panel (PDP) adjacent to a first side of the chassis base, and a driving circuit board attached on a second side of the chassis base, the second side being opposite to the first side where the PDP is attached. The plasma display apparatus also includes a driver integrated circuit (IC) electrically connected to electrodes of the PDP and the driving circuit board at a position therebetween, the driver IC selectively providing a voltage to the electrodes of the PDP in accordance with signals controlled by the driving circuit board. The plasma display apparatus also has a heat dissipation unit positioned at the edge of the PDP wherein the heat dissipation unit dissipates heat from the driver IC.

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